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Programs |
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Areas
of specialization available include philology, older German literature
before the baroque period, and German literature of the seventeenth,
eighteenth, nineteenth, or twentieth century. Requirements for the
master's degree are 30 credits of course work beyond the bachelor's
degree (or 24 credits and a thesis) and an examination covering
the general field of German literature. In addition, students must
display knowledge of the history of the German language and of Middle-High
German. Students pursuing the doctorate must take a minimum of 48
credits of course work beyond the bachelor's degree and possess
a reading knowledge of one additional language, as deemed appropriate
by the candidates' advisers. In addition, a candidate must complete
successfully a written examination based on a core reading list
and an oral examination in his or her area of specialization. Finally,
each candidate must submit an acceptable dissertation. The Ph.D.
qualifying examination may be taken in parts spaced over six months.
No more than 3 credits for the master's degree and no more than
6 credits for the doctorate may be taken in independent study courses.
A Master of Philosophy degree can be obtained by candidates who
complete their course work and qualifying examination within four
years. Although there is no formal residence requirement, the candidates
accepted must be available for close supervision and consultation.
Courses at the 500 and 600 levels are open to all graduate students
and constitute the major portion of the program. As part of their
graduate training, doctoral students are given the opportunity to
assume certain teaching obligations under faculty supervision. Further
details concerning the program, including additional information
about the qualifying examination and the dissertation, as well as
information about teaching assistantships, can be found in Graduate
Programs in German and in Guidelines for Graduate Students in German.
These pamphlets are available on request from the office of the
graduate director.
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Graduate
Courses
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Three
courses from the following list normally are offered each term.
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16:470:501.
THE TEACHING OF COLLEGE GERMAN (3) |
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Introduction
to the nature of language acquisition; critical examination of instructional
materials; principles of cultural analysis; theory and practice
of teaching literature. Patterned to the practice of college instruction.
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16:470:502.
TEACHING APPRENTICESHIP IN GERMAN (N1.5) |
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Weekly
workshops for teaching, testing, and evaluation techniques in elementary
and intermediate language courses. Observation of language classes.
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16:470:510.
LITERARY THEORY AND METHODOLOGY (3) |
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Recommended
during the first year.
Study and practice of scholarly techniques, the use of secondary
literature for research, the writing of papers, and an overview
of literary theories.
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16:470:511.
ADVANCED GRAMMAR (3) |
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Comparison
of syntactic and semantic differences between source and target
languages.
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16:470:512.
ADVANCED STYLISTICS (3) |
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Studies
in the nature and development of literary styles and nonfiction
prose from the sixteenth century to the present, with emphasis on
the expressive possibilities of various syntactic modes.
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16:470:513.
ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS (3) |
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Study
of selected works of poetry, drama, and prose with a view to increasing
a teacher's faculties of literary interpretation and aesthetic judgment.
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16:470:515.
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE (3) |
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Survey
of linguistic changes and phenomena from the Indo-European era to
the present.
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16:470:516.
INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE-HIGH GERMAN (3) |
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Phonology
and grammar. Reading of representative texts from the Middle-High
German period A.D. 1050 to A.D. 1350, with special emphasis on the
popular epic, court epic, and Minnesänger.
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16:470:517.
INTRODUCTION TO OLD HIGH GERMAN (3) |
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Survey
of the morphology of Old High German with readings and discussions
of representative literary texts as recorded in the various dialects.
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16:470:520.
LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES (3) |
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Analysis
of the folk epic (Nibelungenlied) and its sources; the courtly romances
by Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Gottfried von Strassburg;
the saint's legend; and poems by prominent Minnesänger.
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16:470:521.
LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, AND BAROQUE (3) |
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Sociohistorical
overview of German literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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16:470:522.
FROM ROCOCO TO CLASSICISM (3) |
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Literature
of the eighteenth century with emphasis on Anakreontik, Sturm und
Drang, and the Weimarer Klassik, focusing mainly on contemporaries
of Goethe and Schiller. |
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16:470:523.
GERMAN ROMANTICISM (3) |
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Aims
and characteristics of the romantic movement as reflected in the
works of Hölderlin, Novalis, Kleist, Brentano, Eichendorff,
and Hoffmann.
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16:470:524.
NINETEENTH-CENTURY REALISM (3) |
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Studies
in the theory, themes, and styles of German literary realism in
the nineteenth century, focusing on the works by Büchner, Hebbel,
Stifter, Keller, Meyer, Storm, and Fontane.
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16:470:525.
LITERATURE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BEFORE 1945 (3) |
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Study of significant literary works and trends against the background
of late Wilhelminian Germany, the Weimar Republic, and the Nazi
era.
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16:470:526.
LITERATURE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AFTER 1945 (3) |
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Study
of German writers after World War II, including Bernhard, Borchert,
Böll, Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Grass, Handke, Hochhuth, Johnson,
Lenz, Botho Strauss, Walser, and Weiss.
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16:470:601,602.
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (3,3) |
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Prerequisites:
Permission of instructor and approval of graduate director.
Independent study or directed research. Intended for exploring areas
not covered in depth by regularly scheduled courses.
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16:470:610.
OLD NORSE LITERATURE (3) |
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Principal
genres of saga literature; Eddic and Scaldic poetry.
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16:470:611.
COURTLY POETRY AND MEDIEVAL DRAMA (3) |
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Major
lyrics of the Minnesang and its later developments. The Latin and
romance origins of German lyric poetry. Selected dramas from the
thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries.
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16:470:615.
LITERATURE OF THE BAROQUE (3) |
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Study
of lyric, dramatic, and prose works as an expression of religious,
historical, and cultural currents of the seventeenth century.
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16:470:622.
THE GERMAN ENLIGHTENMENT (3) |
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The
concept and question of German Enlightenment, especially as it relates
to modernity. Readings by Leibniz, Kant, Mendelssohn, Gottsched,
Bodmer, Lessing, Klopstock, Wieland, and Gellert.
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16:470:625.
GOETHE (3) |
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Study
of Goethe's poetry, drama, and prose, focusing on three major areas:
works of the Storm and Stress, works of Goethe's classical period,
and the "Alterswerk," including Faust.
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16:470:626.
FAUST IN GERMAN LITERATURE (3) |
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The
Faust tradition from biblical days to contemporary German literature.
Emphasis on the Volksbuch, the Faust theme in the Storm and Stress
period, Goethe's Faust, and Faust works of the twentieth century.
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16:470:627.
SCHILLER (3) |
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Schiller's
development as an author through detailed study of his prose, poetry,
and plays, including Die Räuber, Kabale und Liebe, Don Carlos,
and Wallenstein.
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16:470:632.
HEINE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES (3) |
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Development
of German literature of the nineteenth century in the context of
social and political change brought about by the end of feudalism
and the rise of industrialism in the period 1813 to 1849.
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16:470:640.
SELECTED AUTHORS OF THE 20TH CENTURY (3) |
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16:470:642.
THE EXPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT (3) |
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German
expressionism from its early prewar phase to the mid-1920s, with
emphasis on its philosophical foundations, sociopolitical aims,
and poetic styles. The poets Benn, Heym, Stadler, Stramm, and Werfel;
the dramatists Goering, Hasenclever, Kaiser, Sorge, Sternheim, and
Toller.
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16:470:645.
CONTEMPORARY GERMANY (3) |
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Study
of modern Germany with consideration of pertinent cultural, historical,
political, geographical, and sociological factors and their impact
on contemporary literary life.
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16:470:650.
LYRICAL POETRY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT (3) |
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Study
of significant poets, with special emphasis on the development of
literary movements and the intellectual background of the times.
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16:470:651.
GERMAN DRAMA FROM THE BAROQUE TO THE
PRESENT (3) |
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Readings
of selected plays with background studies in the theory and historical
development of the drama.
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16:470:652.
SHORT FORMS OF GERMAN PROSE (3) |
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Short
prose forms such as the Anekdote, Skizze, Novelle, Erzählung,
and Kurzgeschichte. Historical, theoretical, and analytical approaches
to representative works.
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16:470:653.
THE GERMAN "NOVELLE" AND "NOVELLE" THEORY (3) |
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Development
of the Novelle as a specific German narrative form and as an expression
of social, philosophical, and metaphysical viewpoints.
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16:470:654.
THE GERMAN NOVEL (3) |
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Development
of the novel as a literary genre in German literature. Emphasis
on European influences, the novel and the court, the rise of the
bourgeoisie, women and writing, and theory of novel.
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16:470:660.
AUSTRIAN NARRATIVE OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES (3) |
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Comparative
study of representative works that use various narrative techniques.
Special emphasis on the end of the monarchy, the emergence of national
socialism, and the period after 1945.
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16:470:661.
FOLKLORE IN GERMAN LITERATURE (3) |
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Archetypal
patterns, motifs, figures in folklore, Sage, folksong, hagiography,
and sources in pagan and biblical tradition as a basis for study
of adaptations and interpretations in literary works of various
genres and periods to the present.
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16:470:662.
GERMAN FEMINIST WRITERS (3) |
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The
rise of literary feminism and a sociological analysis of women's
literature.
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16:470:663.
LITERATURE AND IDEOLOGY (3) |
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Study
in the history of ideas, dealing specifically with the conflict
of ideologies in varying periods of German culture as expressed
in the works of such authors as Gottfried von Strassburg, Luther,
Gryphius, Goethe, Büchner, Nietzsche, Wagner, and Brecht.
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16:470:670,671,672,673.
TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE I,II,III,IV (3,3,3,3) |
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Special
topics devoted to the investigation of a single author, text, critical
or philosophical problem, theme or motif, historical period or development.
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16:470:701,702.
RESEARCH IN GERMAN (BA,BA) |
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Interdisciplinary
Graduate Course
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15:617:510.
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY (3) |
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Open
to second-term graduate students; priority given to students from
programs participating in the Council of Languages and Literature.
Introduction to contemporary literary theory, including formalism,
structuralism, poststructuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, cultural
studies, and other approaches. Readings of theoretical texts and
applications to short literary texts from a variety of literatures.
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